Coverage of the 2004 Flora London Marathon is now nearing completion at www.manxathletics.com although there are a few more photographs to publish this week.  The provision of statistical information for the Manx media does come at a cost in terms of time I should have spent elsewhere. Certainly other publishing at the site has been impossible during the past 30 hours since I arrived back from London with a job to do and family to attend to, as have replies to emails.

I hope that you have enjoyed the pictures and stats including my picture above of the leaders at six miles. The pace and fitness of the best marathon runners in the world has to be seen to be believed and nowhere else have I ever experienced the combination of big crowds with closeness to the athletes. It was my 12th visit to the London Marathon, 5 times a competitor and 7 times as a spectator, and it won’t be my last.

Murray Lambden  23.35 on 20 April 2004